PITS Bean nd as Sal Se EEN ia i i mmioion oar tian RE - at 2:51 - hack at 8:21 wi cungsters ed the beginuers’ slope atKit- during the holiday weekend. WeertsesePrbpeuee eh e aaa etate Tana area alsa eta a ea an see iques felt Nor er Anders for Quebec Nordiques after be seored " Tt was the first league @ since Dec. 11 for Nordiques, who took rt in the Izvestia rament in Moscow while they were absent. “T'm sure they felt the Moscow tripin some way, either in their heads or their legs,” said Hed- , ored in for two y again ... surely must have some the way they noes LED ate only other game Birmingham a &1 triumph Soviet Union scoring a is fi th two goals for the winners Quebec coach Marc Bolleau said he couldn't z ef BRE a ‘blame the Soviets for the defeat in Winnipeg. “Everybody is trying to poss bekin d his Bick on team. We gave away three goals tonight by Czechs at ' Madison NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Maloney’s goal with 15 seconds left ca a three-goal thirdperiod rally that lifted New York ers of the National ey League toa 4-4 tie Monday ht with Kledno of Cz lavakia in the first-ever visit by a Czech to Madison Square Garden. A crowd of 10,123 saw Carol Vadnais’ power- pay goal at 3:56 of the od on a pass from Phil Esposito and Walter Tkaczuk's unassisted, short-handed breakaway at 10:03 bring ‘the ers to within 4-3 before Maloney blasted a foot slap shot past oaltender Mi esa afier the Rangers had pulled goaltender sixth attacker. Kladno got off to a 3-1 antage in the first od, 8c sec a oring in the first e firs Pert onds when Bo- huslav Ebermann took a ‘pass from Frantisec . and beat tender Doug Soetaert with a 36-footer. footer, *. Milan Novy capitalized breakewy pass on s8 from Frantisec Kaberle to. give the Czechoslovaks a two-goal lead. The Rangers came n Lucien DeBlois beat Krasa from the right faceoff circle, At 18:04 of the period, faroslav Pouzar éposited a rebound ind Soetaert after Peter and Marian Stastny d put heavy pressure on Rangers goalie. Pouzar scored the only goal of the second , pick up a fac ass m Peter Stastny dee in the Rangers zone an Davidson, who played the second peri in goal for New ork The three New York s one Forlod each, ad esetetotet giving away the puck in our own zone.” WHALERS LEAD The results left idle New England Whalers in first place with 45 points, two more than Winnipeg. The Nordiques are thi with 33 points but they have six games in hand on the Jets and four on the Whalers. Hedberg scored two of his goals in the first 48 seconds of the game to help the Jets extend their winning streak to eight before 10,341 fans. Hedberg’s first goal was his 27th of the season the. and 2Wth of his WHA carreer. Winnipeg’s other goals } were scored by Bobby Guindon, Ted Green, Kent Nilsson, Dan Labr- aaten and Dave Kryskow. Paulin | Bordeleau scored twice for Quebec with Steve Sutherland and Real Cloutier getting the others, The Bulls had little trouble with the Soviets before 13,173 fans in Birmingham, taking a 3-0 lead in the first period and increasing the margin to 5-1 after 40 minutes. Late in the third period, Mikhail Shostak of the Soviets was handed a misconduct penalty for appparently __ strikin referee Ron Harris wit his stick. . Serge Beaudoin, Steve Durbano, Frank Mahovlich and Brent Hughes scored the other goals for the Bulls who moved into a fifth-place tie with Houston Aeros, Hawks sick of losing ASSOCIATED PRESS “Atlanta Hawks must. be. sick of seeing Washington Bullets— and equally sick of losing to them, The Hawks played the Bullets two consecutive nights in a home-and- home series and both times lost to them by andentical margins--the last one a 113-106 decision Monday night, “1s hard to win after you have beaten the same m the previous night,”’ said Washington -coach Dick Motta. ‘‘Tradi- tionally, teams split when they play on consecutive nights. “But the fact that we won two nights in a row by seven points does not mean that we are seven points better than they are. It just worked out that way.” The Bullets won the first game 100-93 Sunday night. Larry Wright seored 10 of his 17 points in the final uarter to spur ‘ashington over Atlanta on Monday. Atlanta scored 30 points in the last quarter—including 14 hy Steve Hawes—but the Bullets held on. Hawes had a career- high 25 points for Atlanta, many of them in the Hawks’ fourth-quarter rally, In Monday (night. other games, Detrolt . Pistons defeated Boston Celtics 122-100, Houston Rockets tripped Kansas City Kings 113-99 and Denver Nuggets whipped Phoenix Suns 127-108. Other results Sunday were: Cleveland Cavaliers 111, Buffalo Braves 105; Milwaukee Bucks 131, Kansas City 122; New York Knicks 113, Philadelphia “J6ers 110; San Antonio Spurs 115, New Orleans Jazz 105; Portland Trail Blazers 109, Golden State Warriors 97; and Los Angeles. Lakers 111, Seattle SuperSonics 97. Eric Money’s 23 points Monday led Detroit over Boston. The Celtics, who now have lost six in a row and 11 straight games on the road, were led by ~ former Piston Dave Bing with 19 points. Calvin Murphy and Moses Malone scored 22 points each to spark Houston over Kansas City. Murphy scored 20 of his points in the first half as the Rockets took an early lead and were never headed. David Thompson and Dan Issel each scored 24 oints, leading six ver players in double figures as the Nuggets defeated Phoenix. The Suns were led by Walter Davis’ 23 points. Christmas soccer LONDON (Reuter) — Everton, until Monday a strong and solid con- tender for English soc- eer’s First Division honors, continued its Christmas collapse to- Vv. Everton was drubbed 3- 1 away by Leeds United following Monday’s 6-2 rout at home by Man- chester United. Their onceproud defence, that had conceded just 18 goals in 20 previous games, gave up half that mumber in just two games, Everton's defeat today cost them a chance to make up ground on league-leading N tingham Forest. one of only two clubs in the division having the da off. Forest still leads wit 32 points. Everton held second with 29. Arsenal continued to climb, beating West Bromwich Albion 3-1 away today to claim a share of second place with Everton, though their goal difference is inferior. Liverpool remained fourth by beating Wolverhampton 1-0, The 20 First Division sides went on a scoring spree today, pott! 38 goals—nine of m coming at Coventry where the City side nosed out Norwich.5-4. Ss POM UI nn SOO Moscow trip. both with 28 points. Vladimir ~Goluvovict scored the lone goal for the Soviets at 19:21 of the third period. The Soviets received 50 minutes from the total of 7 called by Harris, in- cluding four misconduct penalties. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS There's a familicrity between the opponents for Sunday's National Football League cham- pionship games, with allas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders also much more familiar with victory than Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos. In the American Football Conference title game, the Raiders and the Bronces will be getting acquainted for the 37th time. Bitter rivals in the AFC West, the Raiders hold a lopsided e in this long-time series which has its roots in the American Football League. Denver has wen just seven times in the 36 meetings, including a 30-7 triumph at Oakland this season, The return match, in Denver, was won 24-14 by the Raiders, who have not lost to the Broncos on the road since Denver will be playin at home, but the recor gives Oakland the away- field advantage. The Raiders, defending Super Bowl champions, aiso must be given the edge in playoff experience since this will be only the Broncos’ second post- season game in their 18- year history. Their first was last Saturday when they beat the playofftough Pitt- Sburgh Steelers 34-21 behind an aggressive defence and a_ strong second-half att MADE OWN BREAKS “We didn’t get many yards in the first half but we created a couple of breaks,"” said Denver's rookie coach, Red Miller. “Then we just outplayed the Steelers in the second The Raiders just outlasted the Baltimore Colts 37-31 in double overtime Saturday when Ken Stabler threw three touchdown passes to Dave Casper, including a 10-yarder 43 seconds into the sixth quarter. Tt was hell,’’ said Casper, speaking about the third longest game in NEL history. “How would Cowboys, Raiders familiar with victory | you like one guy punching you and then you pun- ching him until one or the other gets knocked out? “It was like an Ali- Frazier fight. It might have been fun to watch, but I'm sure it wasn’t fun for them.” The AFC title game is set for 2p.m. EST on New Year's Day and will be followed y the NFC championship contest at Dallas between the Cowboys and Minnesota at 5:30. ~ NOTICE 1978 BUSINESS LICENCE INVOICES Have now been mailed to all 1977 licenced businesses. If your firm or business has no? received an invoice contact the District of Terrace immediately, Anyone doing business within the District? of Terrace without a valid prosecution. licence is subject fo Signed, T.G. Chesterman, Licence Officer. District of Terrace seat belts. We've heard about the emotional and social costs of auto accidents. And at the Insurance Corporation, .. - our knowledge is first-hand, We € talk to the survivors. _ Still, many people doxit buckle up... So maybe it wiil help to look at the=, “practical” costs, The dollars-and- cents facts about accidents and Facts Injuries and deaths will cost B.C. motorists just under $100 million in 1977. This includes hospital and medical costs, lost wages, and injury and death benefit settlements. If you won't buckle up to save your life, do it to save money. _ lf more of us had buckled uplast year, wed be paying - lower Autoplan rates this year. Fact: Nothing costs more or pushes insurance rates higher than injury and fatality claims. And, alarmingly, the cost of these claims keeps going up. The cost of our average bodily injury claim rose from $3,736 for the eight months ending October, 1976 to $6,358 for the same period in 1977—an increase of 70 per cent. ome Facts Seat belts can reduce the cost of your insurance premium. If every B,C. driver and passenger had been protected by properly worn lap and shoulder belts last year, hundreds of lives might have been saved. And millions of dollars. Experience in Ontario proves the effectiveness of seat belts. In the first three months of 1976, compulsory use of seat belts together with lower speed limits reduced injuries by 22 per cent and saved $1-million in medical costs alone. per cent. belt. INSURANCE CORPORATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Where the driver sets the rates. Fact: When seat belts are in use, the chance of bodily injury in an auto accident is reduced by 50 Remember that next time you drive. Anywhere. At any speed. Make sure that you and your passengers are securely buckled up. And if it makes you uncomfortable to think of your seat belt as a life belt—try thinking of it as a money cae Perea 7 woe e